Analyst says Apple's global market share could drop below 10% in Q3 without a new iPhone

0.phoneArena
30 Apr 2013, 22:52posted on

Of course Apple will definitely be announcing a new iPhone by Q3, but the timing of the actual release could mean that its global market share will take a substantial hit. There is a solid chance that we will see the announcement for the iPhone 5S in September, but it may not be released until October. And, according to Toni Sacconaghi of Sanford Bernstein, that could lead to Apple's global market share dropping below 10% in Q3...

How can you know that? Just out of sheer ignorance and hate? Every time Apple launches a new smartphone, it gains market share, then it remains constant for a quarter or two and then goes down again until the new phone comes out.

When Apple launches a mid range smartphone, Android's going to take a hit because mid range Androids lag as hell whereas the mid range iPhone will run smoothly even if it has 4s's specs.

Yes, they will launch a "new" smartphone, but the word "new" is impossible for Apple right now, they keep doing the same thing, the design of their products and their iOS is boring.

And yes, the iPhone never lag like Android smartphones, and it's easy to use, but there's nothing new on the iPhone and iOS. We want something new, a new INNOVATION, Apple needs to change, this is not 2007 any more!

3.TheBitterTruth (unregistered)

Apple, even until now, has only put out 1 iphone a year... And they can't seem to manage that!!! What in Hell are they doing all day, at Apple... My goodness, Google employees take naps, and play games at work... And are still able to help out Apple with Maps and Google Now. SMH

Apple does always reap in the profits with a minority market share... the problem however is that there is less profitability wiggle room. If even a few people leave the ecosystem it equates to a much larger loss than if the same number converted away from a company like Samsung, as an example.

Analogy: (numbers used are purely for demonstrative purposes for those sticklers out there)
Apple: 10 people each give 100 dollars > 1000 dollars
Company X: 100 people each give 10 dollars > 1000 dollars

If Apple loses 1 of those 10, they only take in 900 dollars. 2 people and they are down to 800 dollars. 3... 700 dollars.
If company X, that has the much larger market share, loses people, it will take a whole lot more to equate the same kind of profitability loss.

Basically, even though Apple rakes in the money with fewer people, it also means they can't afford to lose any.

Why? The article got 23 posts before this one. 23 is a reasonable number. It is all about eyeball metrics. There were at least 46 eyeballs that saw this article. Probably more that saw the article but didn't post.

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